Edward A. White is a native of Philadelphia. He received a Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina and earned his Doctor of Medicine cum laude from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

He completed his Internship, Internal Medicine Residency and served his Gastroenterology Fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee. While at Vanderbilt he served as the preceptor for second-year medical students in learning history and physical exam skills as well as instructing a small group in a gastrointestinal section of physiology. Dr. White is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and is Board Certified in Gastroenterology.